RAY PARLOUR is set to lead an exodus of several senior Middlesbrough stars as Gareth Southgate slashes his wage bill on Tesside.

Parlour, 33, is negotiating a settlement to end his two-and-a-half- year spell at the Riverside, and he'll be followed out the door by Massimo Maccarone and Gaiska Mendieta.

Parlour will become a free agent and look for a new club next month while Ugo Ehiogu has signed for Rangers. Record signing Maccarone will quit for Italy while Mendieta is considering offers from the US and Middle East.